Blazers 89, Sonics 79 - FINAL Jones drains the technical free throw out of the timeout, and were back to action... Durant scores the floater off the broken play, and you can feel the Garden was ready to erupt if that would have been stolen. Kind of a buzz kill there. On the other end, Brandon loses Durant behind the arc and then manages to find Jack in the corner with a precise pass... three pointer is GOOD! Garden rises, and the Blazers force two straight turnovers... You can see the dejected look on the face of the Sonics players as that error just kills a team like the young Sonics. The Garden rises anticipating a victorious finale, and that's just what they get.. No. 11 and the streamers are coming down from the ceiling as the players congratulate each other out on the floor. Durant wasn't incredible, but he sure is exciting to watch. Great game here, folks. The Blazers give their fans something to smile about on Christmas, and now I'm going to try and get some audio from downstairs... Will post it here as soon as I'm can get it. Thanks for logging on to the live blog everybody.

Blazers 85, Sonics 73 - 2:35, 4th: Brandon vs. KD has been real fun to watch when it happens... You can see Durant turn it up a notch when being guarded by Roy. They each miss a jumper on each other, and then Durant picks up the foul on the next possession as Roy drove to the hoop. Brandon's two shots are good from the charity stripe. Looks like there's more folks in the Rose Garden at this point.... Maybe some were just scared of the snow flakes. As Watson drives to the hoop, he's fouled and as he comes down, he inexplicably throws the ball at Przy, and the crowd reacts with a shower of boos until the officials call a technical foul on Watson, and then a timeout is called... free throws all around when we come back.

Blazers 83, Sonics 72 - 4:20, 4th: Lots of signs out there in the crowd... Some artistic, some... not so much. My favorite of the night was the one that simply read, "Sergio, fools!"... Out of the timeout, BRandon is forced to take a tough two that misses badly... Seattle playing much better perimeter defense now and that forced Portland to rush the shot... Frye goes out to a big ovation from the crowd as Outlaw comes in.

Blazers 83, Sonics 72 - 5:09, 4th: Out of the break, the defense chant is back... Roy defends Collison and he is forced to pass as the double team comes. Blazers seem to be rotating very smoothly. Nate's really trying to call a play, and he finall gets Brandon's ear... Roy sets up, and he'll hit Frye on the elbow, ring it up! Channing has been money from there all night... Blazers force a turnover on the other end, and Jones sets up and pops the three.. Crowd goes wild, but only for a moment as the Sonics respond with one of their own. Portland lets Sczcerbiak get to the rim and score again... That's 2 straight buckets, and Nate doesn't like what he sees.. .he'll call time.

Blazers 76, Sonics 68 - 7:28, 4th: Portland has done a great job finding mismatches on the floor and exploiting them... As I type that last sentence, Travis posts up on Ridnour and swishes through a turn-around that Luke had NO chance of defending. Another bucket from Frye forces the Sonics to call time, and everybody in the house is treated to a Blazer dancer routine.

Blazers 72, Sonics 62 - 10:01, 4th: The jumbotron camera just panned to a couple of fans holding a sign with a stocking drawn on it and a #11 for a victory tonight. They can only put their faith in the players on the court right now... Out of the timeout, Sergoi makes a steal and is driving to the rim.. fouled hard on the arm, but it's only called an out of bounds to Portland... The crowd shows it's disapproval, but it won't matter... As soon as Travis gets that ball, he takes it to the rim and gets Portland's lead back to double digits.